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Former Kootenai Co sheriff Watson enjoys rustic retirement

Courtesy photo Mary and Rocky Watson pose with Henry VIII in front of a caboose that serves as a guest house on their Rockford Bay property. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Courtesy photo Mary and Rocky Watson pose with Henry VIII in front of a caboose that serves as a guest house on their Rockford Bay property. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo)
Courtesy photo Mary and Rocky Watson pose with Henry VIII in front of a caboose that serves as a guest house on their Rockford Bay property. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo)

Rocky Watson was well into the longest tenure as a Kootenai County sheriff and was cruising toward a comfortable retirement when a bombshell landed squarely on his desk. It came in 2005 in the form of a gruesome triple murder and the disappearance of two young children. The news immediately thrust Watson and his congenial county into the national spotlight in the worst of terms and launched a massive investigation under Watson’s direction. It was a sudden and classic criminal undertaking/Ric Clarke, Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

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